Stone-setting.



F. P LITTLEJOHN.

STONE SETTING.

APPLICATIONFILED APR.27, 1915. RENEWED 05c. 23. 1915.

Patented Jan. 30, 191?.

FRANK 1. LITTLEJOHN, 0F FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

STONE-SETTING.-

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

Application filed April 27, 1915, Serial No. 24,370. Renewed December 23, 1916. Serial No. 138,6,18.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK P. LITTLE- JOHN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fresno, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Stone-Setting, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to stone setting on flexible and. inflexible materials, and has reference more particularly to the method of setting precious and imitation stones on a sheet of material.

The object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive and efficient method of setting stones on material, in which setting the stone and the setting are located on opposite sides or surfaces of the material, with the setting acting through the material to hold the stone in position.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all. the views.

Figure l is an elevation of a stocking embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged viewof a piece of material in which stones are set in accordance with my method; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a similar section to that shown in Fig. 3, the setting being inclosed or covered by the material on which the stone is set; Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a setting used, preferably, with flexible material; Fig. Sis a plan view thereof; Fig. 7 is a section through a modified structure of the setting, preferably used in connection with rigid material and where the setting is to be countersunk; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a further modified setting, also preferably used in connection with rigid material, where the setting is not oountersunlq F ig. 9 is a cross section through a rigid body provided with stones set in accordance with my method; Fig. 10 is a similar section showing the application of the setting illustrated in Fig. 8; and Fig. 11 is a section through a flexible piece 'of material, showing a modified form of setting.

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of my invention, it must be clearly understood that in the specification and claim the Word stone covers precious as well as imitation stones, and any similar ornaments; and by the setting is understood the member which secures the stone to the material.

Referring to the drawings, 12 represents a piece of flexible material on which stones 13 are set by forcing the prongs 14 of the set-- ting 15 from the other face of the material 12. That is to say, the flexible material is pierced from the under side by the prongs 14:, then the stone is placed between the prongs of the setting from the front of the material and the points of the prongs are mashed against the stone, whereby the same is set in proper place, as indicated in Fig. 2. When setting on flexible material, and particularly when using pointed stones therewith, a cup-shaped setting is used, as indicated in Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive.

It will be noted that in my method of setting, nothing is used but the stone and the setting, thereby the setting is used for two purposes, to hold the stone in setting and to hold the stone in the desired place on the material on which the stone is to be set.

In Fig. 4 the stone 13 is shown set into a. piece of leather 16, which is. rendered tubular by bending the sides of the leather, thereby covering the setting 15, which becomes invisible by such a construction. This method of setting is mainly intended for harnesses and similar leather articles.

It is self-evident that the length of the prongs 14 of the setting 15 will vary in accordance with the thickness of the material on which the stones are to be set. When setting stones on rigid material, such as wood, for example, as indicated in Fig. 9, the stone 17 is preferably flattened at the surface which is to engage the material,the material being pierced to receive the prongs 18. The setting 19, in this case, is ring shape, so that the same can be countersunk, as indicated in Fig. 9, to produce a flush rear surface. After passing the prongs 18 through the perforations provided therefor in the body of the object, the stone 1? is placed therebetween and the points'of the prongs are mashed against the stone, thus the stone is set and retained in. position by the setting, as previously stated.

When the rigid body is of such a nature A that the setting cannot be countersunk therein, as glass, for example, as shown in Fig. 10, or metal, the material is pierced to accommodate the prongs 20 which are placed thereinto from the rear, with the body 21 of the setting inthe shape of a Washer so that the same will fit snugly against the rear surface of the object when the points of the prongs 20 are mashed against the stone 17 engaged therebetween.

In Fig. 11 a modified method of setting is shown, in which case the flexible material 12 is forced by the. prongs 14 of the setting 15 against the stone 13, in place of piercing the flexible material and engaging directly the stone.

From the above description it will be seen that my stone-setting method consists in placing the setting and stone on opposite faces of the material or object, which results in the combination of an object hav- The above described method of stone setting can be utilized with any Wearing garments or leather goods. It can be used for advertising means on glass or metal, or for ornaments on any rigid material.

I claim:

In combinat n with an article, a stoneon one face thereof and a setting applied against the other face of the article, presenting an annular portion Withprongs projecting through the article to engage the stone, the opening in the annular portion permitting the article about the stone to protrude, said annular portion forming a seat for the stone and the portion of article surrounding it at the setting.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v FRANK P. LITTLEJOHN.

Witnesses:

EDNA M. Bonn, ROBERT A. FRENCH. 

